Certificate download errors on MacOs?

[chillwinston]

Entire Mac was rebuilt today (24 Feb 25) and all new versions of Python, VS Code, Git, etc were downloaded.

Trying this demo which uses EasyOCR:
https://github.com/daveebbelaar/ai-cookbook

Resulted in this error that seems to indicate that certificate CA's can't be validated / trusted (missing?). Has something happened with the EasyOCR downloads of models ?

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/certifi/cacert.pem
Downloading detection model, please wait. This may take several minutes depending upon your network connection.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 1319, in do_open
    h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
    ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1338, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1384, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1333, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1093, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
    ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1037, in send
    self.connect()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1479, in connect
    self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(self.sock,
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
                                          server_hostname=server_hostname)
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/ssl.py", line 455, in wrap_socket
    return self.sslsocket_class._create(
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        sock=sock,
        ^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<5 lines>...
        session=session
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/ssl.py", line 1076, in _create
    self.do_handshake()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/ssl.py", line 1372, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1028)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/david/Documents/GitHub/factlogic/Docling_example/knowledge/docling/1-extraction.py", line 19, in <module>
    result = converter.convert("https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.09869")
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/_internal/_validate_call.py", line 38, in wrapper_function
    return wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/_internal/_validate_call.py", line 111, in __call__
    res = self.__pydantic_validator__.validate_python(pydantic_core.ArgsKwargs(args, kwargs))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 212, in convert
    return next(all_res)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 235, in convert_all
    for conv_res in conv_res_iter:
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 270, in _convert
    for item in map(
                ~~~^
        partial(self._process_document, raises_on_error=raises_on_error),
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        input_batch,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ):
    ^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 311, in _process_document
    conv_res = self._execute_pipeline(in_doc, raises_on_error=raises_on_error)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 332, in _execute_pipeline
    pipeline = self._get_pipeline(in_doc.format)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/document_converter.py", line 298, in _get_pipeline
    self.initialized_pipelines[pipeline_class] = pipeline_class(
                                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        pipeline_options=pipeline_options
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py", line 81, in __init__
    if (ocr_model := self.get_ocr_model(artifacts_path=artifacts_path)) is None:
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_pipeline.py", line 170, in get_ocr_model
    return EasyOcrModel(
        enabled=self.pipeline_options.do_ocr,
    ...<2 lines>...
        accelerator_options=self.pipeline_options.accelerator_options,
    )
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/docling/models/easyocr_model.py", line 76, in __init__
    self.reader = easyocr.Reader(
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        lang_list=self.options.lang,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<4 lines>...
        verbose=False,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/easyocr/easyocr.py", line 92, in __init__
    detector_path = self.getDetectorPath(detect_network)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/easyocr/easyocr.py", line 253, in getDetectorPath
    download_and_unzip(self.detection_models[self.detect_network]['url'], self.detection_models[self.detect_network]['filename'], self.model_storage_directory, self.verbose)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/easyocr/utils.py", line 628, in download_and_unzip
    urlretrieve(url, zip_path, reporthook=reporthook)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 214, in urlretrieve
    with contextlib.closing(urlopen(url, data)) as fp:
                            ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 189, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 489, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 506, in _open
    result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
                              '_open', req)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 466, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 1367, in https_open
    return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        context=self._context)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 1322, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1028)>